List of works - Jiří Reif

A non-native woody plant compromises conservation benefits of mid-field woodlots for birds in farmland

scientific article published on 18 January 2021

Alarming declines in bird abundance in an Afromontane global biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published on 09 July 2021

Ambient ozone – New threat to birds in mountain ecosystems?

scientific article published in 2023

Between geometry and biology: the problem of universality of the species-area relationship.

scientific article

Bird communities in habitats along a successional gradient: Divergent patterns of species richness, specialization and threat

scientific article published in 2013

Bird species richness and abundance in riparian vegetation invaded by exotic Reynoutria spp

scientific article published in 2013

Bird-habitat associations predict population trends in central European forest and farmland birds

Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe

Birds’ ecological characteristics differ among habitats: an analysis based on national citizen science data

scientific article published in 2022

Changes in bird community composition in the Czech Republic from 1982 to 2004: increasing biotic homogenization, impacts of warming climate, but no trend in species richness

article

Changes in bird distribution in a Central European country between 1985–1989 and 2001–2003

scientific article published on 28 May 2010

Changes in invertebrate food supply as one of themechanisms of agricultural intensification impactson farmland bird populations ⬇️

scientific article published in 2020

Comparison of avian assemblage structures in two upper montane forests of the Cameroon volcanic line: lessons for bird conservation

scientific article published in 2014

Competition-driven niche segregation on a landscape scale: evidence for escaping from syntopy toward allotopy in two coexisting sibling passerine species.

scientific article published on 11 February 2018

Conservation implications of cascading effects among groups of organisms: The alien tree Robinia pseudacacia in the Czech Republic as a case study

scholarly article by Jiří Reif et al published June 2016 in Biological Conservation

Conservation potential of semi-natural habitats for birds in intensively-used agricultural landscapes

scientific article published in 2022

Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

scientific article

Continent-scale global change attribution in European birds - combining annual and decadal time scales.

scientific article

Contrasting Effects of Climatic and Habitat Changes on Birds with Northern Range Limits in Central Europe as Revealed by an Analysis of Breeding Bird Distribution in the Czech Republic

scientific article published in 2010

Covariation in population trends and demography reveals targets for conservation action

scientific article

Cuckoo and biodiversity: Testing the correlation between species occurrence and bird species richness in Europe

article

Decomposing trends in bird populations: Climate, life histories and habitat affect different aspects of population change

scientific article published in 2023

Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

article by Vincent Devictor et al published 10 January 2012 in Nature Climate Change

Differences in the community composition of nocturnal Lepidoptera between native and invaded forests are linked to the habitat structure

scientific article published on 28 May 2018

Ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow: evidence from two species of nightingales.

scientific article

Editorial: Partitioning the Effects of Urbanization on Biodiversity: Beyond Wildlife Behavioural Responses to a Multilevel Assessment of Community Changes in Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity

scientific article published in 2020

Effects of urbanization on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic avian diversity in Europe

scientific article published on 05 July 2021

Effects of vegetation structure on the diversity of breeding bird communities in forest stands of non-native black pine ( Pinus nigra A.) and black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in the Czech Republic

scientific article published in 2016

Evidence for an Edge Effect on Avian Nest Predation in Fragmented Afromontane Forests in the Bamenda-Banso Highlands, NW Cameroon

scientific article published in 2014

Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

scientific article published in 2023

Female heterogamety and speciation: reduced introgression of the Z chromosome between two species of nightingales.

scientific article

Food niche differentiation in two syntopic sunbird species: a case study from the Cameroon Mountains

scientific article published in 2011

Food selection by avian floral visitors: an important aspect of plant-flower visitor interactions in West Africa

article

Genomic islands of differentiation in two songbird species reveal candidate genes for hybrid female sterility.

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Global analysis of threat status reveals higher extinction risk in tropical than in temperate bird sister species

scientific article published in 2016

Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance

scientific article published on 10 March 2021

Habitat Characteristics Supporting Bird Species Richness in Mid-Field Woodlots

scientific article published on 26 April 2022

Habitat preferences of birds in a montane forest mosaic in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon

scientific article published on 22 May 2007

How has bird biodiversity changed over time? A review across spatio-temporal scales

Impacts of an invasive plant on bird communities differ along a habitat gradient

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Impacts of an invasive tree across trophic levels: Species richness, community composition and resident species’ traits

article

Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

Interspecific territoriality in two songbird species: potential role of song convergence in male aggressive interactions

article

Invariance in species-abundance distributions

article

Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds

scientific article

Long-term trends in forest bird populations reflect management changes in Central European forests

scientific article published in 2022

Management implications of bird responses to variation in non-native/native tree ratios within central European forest stands

article

Mixed-severity natural disturbances promote the occurrence of an endangered umbrella species in primary forests

scientific article published in 2017

More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

scientific article

Patterns in long-term changes of farmland bird populations in areas differing by agricultural management within an Eastern European country

Patterns of gene flow and selection across multiple species of Acrocephalus warblers: footprints of parallel selection on the Z chromosome

scientific article

Population Trends of Central European Montane Birds Provide Evidence for Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on High-Altitude Species

scientific article

Population responses of bird populations to climate change on two continents vary with species’ ecological traits but not with direction of change in climate suitability

scientific article

Population trends of ground-nesting birds indicate increasing environmental impacts from Eastern to Western Europe: different patterns for open-habitat and woodland species

scientific article published in 2023

Postcopulatory sexual selection reduces Z-linked genetic variation and might contribute to the large Z effect in passerine birds

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Potential Range Shifts Predict Long-Term Population Trends in Common Breeding Birds of the Czech Republic

scientific article published in 2014

Rarity, commonness, and the contribution of individual species to species richness patterns.

scientific article

Responses to the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) invasion differ between habitat specialists and generalists in central European forest birds

article

Significance of non-forest woody vegetation for birds in farmland ⬇️

scientific article published in 2018

Spatial Distribution and Habitat Overlap of Five Columbidae Species in the Czech Republic

scientific article published on 17 March 2022

Spatial gradients in country‐level population trends of European birds

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Species abundance distribution results from a spatial analogy of central limit theorem

scientific article

Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds

scientific article published on 12 December 2012

Sperm divergence in a passerine contact zone: Indication of reinforcement at the gametic level

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

The Effect of Scale-Dependent Habitat Gradients on the Structure of Bird Assemblages in the Czech Republic

scholarly article by Jiří Reif et al published June 2008 in Acta Ornithologica

The causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (Luscinia spp.).

scientific article

The impact of invasive Caucasian hogweeds on birds depends on areas of invaded and uninvaded habitats at various scales in Central European uplands

scientific article published in 2022

The influence of climate variability on demographic rates of avian Afro-palearctic migrants

scientific article published on 16 October 2020

The quest for a null model for macroecological patterns: geometry of species distributions at multiple spatial scales

article

Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds

Traits and ecological space availability predict avian densities at the country scale of the Czech Republic

scientific article published in 2022

Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt

Unusual abundance?range size relationship in an Afromontane bird community: the effect of geographical isolation?

Using stable isotopes to trace resource acquisition and trophic position in four Afrotropical birds with different diets

article published in 2010

When savannah encroaches on the forest: thresholds in bird-habitat associations in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

‘Tell me where the birds have gone’ – Reconstructing historical influence of major environmental drivers on bird populations from memories of ornithologists of an older generation

scientific article published on 25 June 2021

List of works by Jiří Reif

A non-native woody plant compromises conservation benefits of mid-field woodlots for birds in farmland

Alarming declines in bird abundance in an Afromontane global biodiversity hotspot

Ambient ozone – New threat to birds in mountain ecosystems?

Between geometry and biology: the problem of universality of the species-area relationship.

Bird communities in habitats along a successional gradient: Divergent patterns of species richness, specialization and threat

Bird species richness and abundance in riparian vegetation invaded by exotic Reynoutria spp

Bird-habitat associations predict population trends in central European forest and farmland birds

Birds protected by national legislation show improved population trends in Eastern Europe

Birds’ ecological characteristics differ among habitats: an analysis based on national citizen science data

Changes in bird community composition in the Czech Republic from 1982 to 2004: increasing biotic homogenization, impacts of warming climate, but no trend in species richness

Changes in bird distribution in a Central European country between 1985–1989 and 2001–2003

Changes in invertebrate food supply as one of themechanisms of agricultural intensification impactson farmland bird populations ⬇️

Comparison of avian assemblage structures in two upper montane forests of the Cameroon volcanic line: lessons for bird conservation

Competition-driven niche segregation on a landscape scale: evidence for escaping from syntopy toward allotopy in two coexisting sibling passerine species.

Conservation implications of cascading effects among groups of organisms: The alien tree Robinia pseudacacia in the Czech Republic as a case study

Conservation potential of semi-natural habitats for birds in intensively-used agricultural landscapes

Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

Continent-scale global change attribution in European birds - combining annual and decadal time scales.

Contrasting Effects of Climatic and Habitat Changes on Birds with Northern Range Limits in Central Europe as Revealed by an Analysis of Breeding Bird Distribution in the Czech Republic

Covariation in population trends and demography reveals targets for conservation action

Cuckoo and biodiversity: Testing the correlation between species occurrence and bird species richness in Europe

Decomposing trends in bird populations: Climate, life histories and habitat affect different aspects of population change

Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

Differences in the community composition of nocturnal Lepidoptera between native and invaded forests are linked to the habitat structure

Ecological character displacement in the face of gene flow: evidence from two species of nightingales.

Editorial: Partitioning the Effects of Urbanization on Biodiversity: Beyond Wildlife Behavioural Responses to a Multilevel Assessment of Community Changes in Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity

Effects of urbanization on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic avian diversity in Europe

Effects of vegetation structure on the diversity of breeding bird communities in forest stands of non-native black pine ( Pinus nigra A.) and black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia L.) in the Czech Republic

Evidence for an Edge Effect on Avian Nest Predation in Fragmented Afromontane Forests in the Bamenda-Banso Highlands, NW Cameroon

Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

Female heterogamety and speciation: reduced introgression of the Z chromosome between two species of nightingales.

Food niche differentiation in two syntopic sunbird species: a case study from the Cameroon Mountains

Food selection by avian floral visitors: an important aspect of plant-flower visitor interactions in West Africa

Genomic islands of differentiation in two songbird species reveal candidate genes for hybrid female sterility.

Global analysis of threat status reveals higher extinction risk in tropical than in temperate bird sister species

Gut microbiota in two recently diverged passerine species: evaluating the effects of species identity, habitat use and geographic distance

Habitat Characteristics Supporting Bird Species Richness in Mid-Field Woodlots

Habitat preferences of birds in a montane forest mosaic in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon

How has bird biodiversity changed over time? A review across spatio-temporal scales

Impacts of an invasive plant on bird communities differ along a habitat gradient

Impacts of an invasive tree across trophic levels: Species richness, community composition and resident species’ traits

Interspecific competition promotes habitat and morphological divergence in a secondary contact zone between two hybridizing songbirds

Interspecific territoriality in two songbird species: potential role of song convergence in male aggressive interactions

Invariance in species-abundance distributions

Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds

Long-term trends in forest bird populations reflect management changes in Central European forests

Management implications of bird responses to variation in non-native/native tree ratios within central European forest stands

Mixed-severity natural disturbances promote the occurrence of an endangered umbrella species in primary forests

More and more generalists: two decades of changes in the European avifauna

Patterns in long-term changes of farmland bird populations in areas differing by agricultural management within an Eastern European country

Patterns of gene flow and selection across multiple species of Acrocephalus warblers: footprints of parallel selection on the Z chromosome

Population Trends of Central European Montane Birds Provide Evidence for Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on High-Altitude Species

Population responses of bird populations to climate change on two continents vary with species’ ecological traits but not with direction of change in climate suitability

Population trends of ground-nesting birds indicate increasing environmental impacts from Eastern to Western Europe: different patterns for open-habitat and woodland species

Postcopulatory sexual selection reduces Z-linked genetic variation and might contribute to the large Z effect in passerine birds

Potential Range Shifts Predict Long-Term Population Trends in Common Breeding Birds of the Czech Republic

Rarity, commonness, and the contribution of individual species to species richness patterns.

Responses to the black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) invasion differ between habitat specialists and generalists in central European forest birds

Significance of non-forest woody vegetation for birds in farmland ⬇️

Spatial Distribution and Habitat Overlap of Five Columbidae Species in the Czech Republic

Spatial gradients in country‐level population trends of European birds

Species abundance distribution results from a spatial analogy of central limit theorem

Sperm competition in tropical versus temperate zone birds

Sperm divergence in a passerine contact zone: Indication of reinforcement at the gametic level

The Effect of Scale-Dependent Habitat Gradients on the Structure of Bird Assemblages in the Czech Republic

The causes and evolutionary consequences of mixed singing in two hybridizing songbird species (Luscinia spp.).

The impact of invasive Caucasian hogweeds on birds depends on areas of invaded and uninvaded habitats at various scales in Central European uplands

The influence of climate variability on demographic rates of avian Afro-palearctic migrants

The quest for a null model for macroecological patterns: geometry of species distributions at multiple spatial scales

Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds

Traits and ecological space availability predict avian densities at the country scale of the Czech Republic

Uncertainty in thermal tolerances and climatic debt

Unusual abundance?range size relationship in an Afromontane bird community: the effect of geographical isolation?

Using stable isotopes to trace resource acquisition and trophic position in four Afrotropical birds with different diets

When savannah encroaches on the forest: thresholds in bird-habitat associations in the Bamenda Highlands, Cameroon

‘Tell me where the birds have gone’ – Reconstructing historical influence of major environmental drivers on bird populations from memories of ornithologists of an older generation